Wanganui Boxing Day Motorcycle Races

The highlight of new zealand's racing season and one of the southern hemisphere's most prestigious road races, this year's race at the whanganui cemetery circuit sees isle of man tt legend michael.

Wanganui boxing day motorcycle races. Once again boxing day is the starting point to a busy stretch of summer holiday motorsport attractions throughout new zealand. Early in the morning of boxing day, december 26th, the annual wanganui cemetery circuit motorcycle street races gets underway with official practice around the downtown streets. This month the wanganui motorcycle club appointed him as their first paid event manager for the boxing day cemetery circuit motorcycle races. A thrilling day of world class pure road racing action, is on the horizon at the wanganui road races, ran on the famous cemetery circuit in new zealand.

Now held on boxing day every year the original event was held on the 27th dec 1951 and consisted of 4 races, there were 19 this year. The wanganui cemetery circuit ran for the first time on the day after boxing day in 1951. Nick cole cleans up at wanganui. Suzuki international series 2019 round 1 taupo.

The taupo rider won the formula 1 suzuki series title for the first time on his gsxr1000 l7 suzuki and then won the coveted robert holden memorial at the annual boxing day cemetery circuit meeting. Today the event still runs on exactly the same city streets. 2019 suzuki international series results. Speedweek returns to whanganui beginning with the cemetery circuit motorcycle races on boxing day.

Racing started at 8.30am and continued until around 2. Suzuki international series 2019 round 3 cemetery circuit Organisers julie and allan (flea) willacy will not be… september 3rd, 2020 Italians davide gozzini and ivan lazzarini stunned a massive wanganui crowd with an incredible display of riding skill during wanganui’s annual boxing day motorcycle races.

Whatever may or may not happen come december 26, planning for this year’s cemetery circuit motorcycle race is still going ahead. These are the cemetery circuit motorcycle races held every year at wanganui. Series leader sloan frost and tony rees won an f1 superbike race each during the opening round at taupo while horst saiger won both legs at manfeild circuit chris amon. Sadly he would not get the chance to compete at wanganui again, being killed in a crash during practice for the 1996 isle of man tt.

The wanganui cemetery circuit ran for the first time on the day after boxing day in 1951. Sounds like a whole lot of fun! Boxing day races live to the world in 1976 wanganui was the first motorcycle street circuit to come to the new zealand public live on television, 31 years to the day later cemetery circuit '07. Meanwhile, the crowds at whanganui on boxing day were also thrilled to get right behind local hero richie dibben, the kiwi international making his comeback from recent injury.

The organisers were the summer carnival committee and the sports motorcycle club. Hamilton’s nick cole won all three formula 1 races on boxing day to wrap up the 2013 suzuki series in front of a massive crowd at wanganui. For the rest of the year, these sections of ridgeway street, heads road, wilson street and taupo quay have a posted speed limit of 50 kph, however on boxing day the. The final round of the 2016 suzuki series at whanganui promises to be a cracker on boxing day with a world champion and three riders with 16 isle of man tt victories in the mix.

Cemetery circuit grew from a 1 off street circuit race to a 3 round series ‘suzuki international series’ about 7 years ago and now includes 2 circuit events prior to boxing day, one at taupo & one in manfeild. The wanganui cemetery circuit ran for the first time on the day after boxing day in 1951. Www.whanganuithingstodo.co.nz for all the details # wanganui # whanganui # wanganuinz @wanganuinz see more Today the event still runs on exactly t.

The wanganui car club provided officials and recorded the times, with electronic beams across the road at the top and bottom of the course. The organisers were the summer carnival committee and the sports motorcycle club. Suzuki international series 2019 round 2 manfeild. Not surprisingly a lot of attention will be on the most high profile newcomer to wanganui, for multiple years, 13 times tt winner michael dunlop.